Many Happy Returns (1997)
Mixed live-action and paper maché puppet animation. The disjointed debris of our childhood state still lurking within our adult consciousness act as a painful, disruptive force. A ghost-like little girl keeps tapping on a woman’s consciousness, demanding attention, recalling a traumatic childhood event and thus distorting the woman’s experience of the present.
Director: Marjut Rimminen
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Melanie Hudson as Woman |
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Camilla Hunsley as Child |
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Anthony May as Man (Voice) |
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Kevin O'Donohoe as Father / Young Man |
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Sarah Strickett as Mother / Young Woman |
| Directing | Marjut Rimminen | Director |
| Writing | Harriett Gilbert | Writer |
| Production | Lee Stork | Producer |
| Editing | Tony Fish | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Marjut Rimminen | Animation |
| Art | Daniel Simpson | Production Design |
| Art | Adam Cutts | Production Design |
| Art | Mark Sewell | Production Design |
| Lighting | Layne Comaraswamy | Lighting Director |
| Sound | Tony Fish | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Nigel Heath | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Timo Arnall | Digital Compositor |